Withers bolsters its Hong Kong-based family practise with two senior hires.

Withers, the international law firm with an extensive Asian presence, has grown its Hong Kong family practice with two hires.

Effective immediately, Ruben Sinha and Charmaine Leung join the company as a registered foreign lawyer and associate, respectively. 

Sinha joins from the family law firm Vardags in London, where he was a senior associate and advised high and ultra high net worth clients on cases such as onshore and offshore trusts, companies, remuneration structures and tax planning. Leung steps in from Hong Kong-based law firm Haldanes, where she was an assistant solicitor for the matrimonial practice and worked on high profile family cases.

Withers' family team in Hong Kong consists of 15 lawyers and advises clients on legal issues related to families, such as divorce, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, forum shopping, child custody and cross border disputes. In April 2013, the company hired five lawyers and this year in April appointed Samantha Gershon to strengthen its Asian family practice.

The firm opened in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2012, it opened in Singapore.